Ashley Williams Wins Women's 60 Meter Hurdles at CAC Championship

Posted: Feb 19, 2017

Newport News, VA- The Penn State Harrisburg men's and women's track and field teams traveled to Christopher Newport this weekend for the 2017 Capital Athletic Conference (CAC) Indoor Track and Field Championship. The Lion's were led by Ashley Williams who won the women's 60 meter hurdles and Derrick Young who placed in several events

Ashley Williams: Williams placed first in the women's 60 meter hurdles with a time of 8.95 seconds. Williams win broke the conference record and placed her 8th nationally for the 60 meter hurdles

Veronica Repetz: Repetz placed 12th in the women's 1 mile run with a time of 5:48. 58

Derrick Young: Young placed 8th in the men's 60-meter dash with a time of 7.22 seconds. Young also placed fourth in the 60 meter hurdles with a time of 8.71 seconds. Young set four new personal records and contributed points for the men's team in three events

Vladhimir Theophile: In the men's 400-meter dash Theophile placed 5th with an overall time of 51 seconds

Alex White: White placed third in the men's high jump with a distance of 1.96 meters

The women's side finished seventh with an overall score of 12 points. The men's team also placed seventh with an overall score of 31 points

Head coach Danielle Lynch stated, "I am extremely proud of many of our team members for rising for our CAC championship. Several individuals improved their individual performance records contributing to our 7th place team finishes. We did have some injuries plaguing us but were still about to get some nice things done. We are hungry for ECAC and NCAA Championships in March!"